Morning journal and courier., 1887-10-04
THE LITTLE TOWN ELECTIONS.

l ings' occurred in Connecticut to-day. Since
 the passage of the law providing for minor1- | ty representation on the various boards Of | town officers these elections have not the
 same political significance as formerly. The
 majority of the boards of registration of elec- tors have control of the admission of voters
 and this is all of political importance in the I result. So far as heard from this control
 has not been materially changed in the vote
 of to-day. The indications are that there l has been an increased license vote, the coun- ! ty commissioners in the State generally hav- | ing voted to increase the license fees and
 many preferring high license to attempts at
 absolute prohibition which are often fail | ures In Hartford because of the increase of 1 the license fees many of the saloonists of the | lower order deliberately joined the no-license l temperance men, believing that with no license they could have practically free rum." The attitude of the low rum element drove many who had heretofore voted against | license to favor it and license was carried, 3,689 to l, ,413. The vote on the time of | closing saloons at night 3,309 for 12 | o'clock and 993 for Il o'clock. In Hartford l the Republicans and Democrats united on ! town clerk, treasurer, collector, town agent ! and first selectman and some of the minor ! officers, and there was really no political con- | test. The vote was light one and between party nominees the majorities were 400 to \ 500 for the Democrats. The principal officers ! elected were John E. Higgins, Democrat, | town clerk; Fred I. Brown (Dem.), collector; | Charles c. Strong (Rep.), treasurer; George | W. Fowler, Thomas J. Blake and William ! Westphal, Democrats, and William Berry | and Ralph Foster, Republicans. | Woodbridge Elects the Full Republts | can Ticket.
 l The election in Woodbridge yesterday re-
 suited in the election of the full Republican | ticket, with MT. Marcus E. Baldwin, the very efficient town clerk, re elected again and
 with flying colors. The vote stood as fol- lows:
 Republican tieket-For first selectman, Rollin o. Newton, 69 votes; second select l man, Stephen P. Bradley, 68; town clerk, Marcus E. Baldwin, 63; town treasurer, posit fund, James F. Nichols, ,70 school fund treasurer, Lewis Hitchcock, 70; registrar of l electors, James F. Nichols, 69; school visitor | for three years, William H. Warner, 69; | school visitor for two years (to fill 8 vacaDcy) Elmer B. Thomas, Fl; school visitor for one l 69; assessor, Stephen P. Bradley, 69; board of relief, Elias T. Clark 70, William w. Peck T.
 For grand ju1ors-Frederick F. Finney 69, Virgil P. Sperry 70, E. W. Judge 70, Wells
 M. Beecher Fl.
 For constables-Joseph w. Moody 6s, Charles A. Bradley 70, Mark Tucker 70, Cal l win w. Sperry 70, Ellis O. Warner 69. For auditor-Charles T. Walker, 70. The Democratic candidates were: For se- lectman, Theodore R. Baldwin, 27 votes; town clerk Elmer E. Thomas, 34; town trea-
 surer, Irwin P. Doolittle, 2s; treasurer town deposit fund, Irwin P. Doolittle, 27; school fund treasurer, Irwin P. DoolittIe, 28; regis- trar of births, marriages and deaths, Elmer E. Thomas, 28; registrar of electors, Ray
 mond H. Baldwin, 27; school visitor, Charles
 P. Augur (for three years), 27; assessor, Dan iel c. Augur, 27; board of relief, James w. Rice, 27; grand jurors, Warren F. Hotchkiss 27; constables, Frank L. Doolittle 36; Mar shall Northrop 27, Robert Lindsay 27; audi tor, Pearl Sperry, 26.
 In Cheshire. In Cheshire the Republican ticket was elected yesterday. George R. Ives Dem.) was chosen first selectman; Alonze E. Smith,
 second selectman; Alex Doolittle, third se- Iectman; Newton O.. Doolittle, town clerk; William H. Allen, tax collector; Leander Driscoll Oem.), Fred Doolittle, E. c. Lord, assessors.
 License was carried, 163 to 107. BranfOrd-A Dispute. s6- lectmen, and the rest of the candidates elect ed are Democrats. John A. Blackstone and | Samuel Averill are the Republican selectInen | elected and William Foote is the Democratic selectman. The Democrats claim that forty votes pasted for Blackstone were misplaced and that the error defeated Blackstone. Hen ry Perkins is elected town clerk. The town voted about 100 majority for license.
 Madison.
 Following is the result in Madison yester-
 day, the town being strongly Republican as usual: Town clerk, Henry B. Wilcox, 125;
 selectmen, Jehn H. Meigs, 121; Joel M. Hill, IF; town treasurer, c. Henry Whedon, 132; treasurer town deposit fund, C.. Henry Whe- don, 132; agents town deposit fund, J. Sher- man Buell. 130, Leverett F. Wheaton 131, John H. Meigs 132; collectors of taxes, I. Lee Scranton, 132, Frank c. Bartlett 132; constables, s. Arthur Scranton 131, Samu- ell Scranton 131, Frank 0. Bartlett 131; registrar of voters, William B. Champion, 130; board of education, James A. Gallup, three years, 129; assessor, Dwight s. Whe- don, 131; board of relief, Charles Smith 131,
 Charles H. Redfeld 132; grand jurors, J. Willis Tucker 131, J. Sherman Buell. 130, Washington Bristol 129 auditor of town
 school committee, J. Myron Hull, five years,
 130.
 The Democratic ticket and vote in Madison
 was
 Town clerk, J. Myron Hull, 50; selectmen,
 Charles E. Scranton 42, Davis W. Smith 33;
 town treasurer. John A. Willard, AT; treas urer town deposit fund, Henry E. Scranton,
 43; agents town deposit fund, Davis W. Smith 46, Charles L. Scranton 46, William F. Whedon 48 collectors of taxes, John A. Willard 46, Gilbert s. Stone AT; constables,
 J. Monroe Hall A. Charles E. scran-
 registrar of voters, J. Monroe Hall AT board of education (three years), Charles H. Parker,
 AT; assessor, Gilbert s. Stone, 47 board of relief, John Scranton, jr., 47, Joseph H. Hill Al; grand jurors, David w. Smith AS, Orren K. Dowd 47, Emerson F. BlatchIey 47; auditor Of town accounts, William F. Whe- don, AT; trustee Hand academy five years), J. Myron Hull, A.
 Hamden Goes Republican Again
 License Gets Seyenty-Eight Majority. Hamden went Republican again yesterday,
 re-electing the present town officials, viz:
 John E. Andruss, first selectman; Mir. Nun son, second selectman, and E. B. Cooper, town clerk, registrar and treasurer, and others. The town voted license by seventy eight majority.
 Nm Seymour.
 SEYMOUR, Oct 3-C. H. Lounsbury, Re- publican, first selectman; Henry Bradley, Democrat, and MT. James, Republican, were elected selectmen; Mir. s. M. Garfield, town clerk and town treasurer; Robert Healy and David Betts, assessors, and MT. Smith regis trar. For license, 239; against license, 78.
 ORANGE REPUBLICAN BY s9.
 Average Maj0rity-DOn s. Th0mpson's
 Big Vote.
 Orange outdid herself yesterday, giving 89 majority on an average for the Republican ticket. Don 8. Thompson's majority for treasurer was run up all the way to 115, of kba fol